Newly Released eBikes and eComponents General

[Stredda]

That’s the Rise SL?

Looks the previous gen Spesh Enduro

It's basically the same frame the Orbea Occam has had for years.

 

[Stredda]

There's a new trend making electric bike batteries safer

A new type of electric bicycle battery is gaining traction in the industry, potentially ushering in unprecedented levels of safety...

electrek.co

Not a major issue in quality e-bikes, but massive in the cheap ones, scooters and other battery powered things that currently catch fire. Maybe they should just mandate potted batteries in future?

It would make pack repair impossible, but actually nobody is repairing these anyway, it is near impossible to replace just one cell in a lot of the packs that exist without potting. The future for damaged or depeted packs is the full pack recycling like the video that was posted in the climate change thread so potting does make sense. Also can pot multiple modules that make up a pack, so partial pack replacement is possible.

I think all the major brand Ebike batteries are pretty safe these days. All the fires you see are of cheap Chinese bikes. Most of that is due to poor on no battery management. The downside of potting is that it would add a fair bit of weight. Though with some of these new high-density batteries that are coming out now, it might balance out the extra weight.